The New Film 'The Many Saints of Newark' Shows The Roots of 'The Sopranos"

The reviews may be mixed, but David Chase's movie The Many Saints of Newark, which depicts the 1967 beginnings of many of the characters who will play a major crime family role in Chase's classic HBO series The Sopranos, which many believe is the best TV series ever aired, but articles on the new film have flooded the internet.

Here is a sample of some of them:

The 10 episodes of The Sopranos you should watch before you see the new prequel film
Who's Who in The Many Saints of Newark
Why is every young person in American watching The Sopranos
What really did happen to Tony in that least fade-to-black scene in The Sopranos
The Sopranos Insider's guide to The Many Saints of Newark
Every Sopranos character who returned in The Many Saints of Newark'
Where are the cast members of The Sopranos today?

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